I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2414 - 1082:

Having gathered the required resources and confirmed their personal Great Dao with the aid of the Shocking God Sonata, the pair swiftly refined their Nascent Soul, elevating it to form their individual Soul Dharma Aspect.

Chen Mobai chose not to interrupt the duo during their secluded consolidation of the realm and instead headed toward the entrance of Yuan Xu's dwelling.

He detected no circulation of power from Yuan Xu.

Yet Yuan Xu stayed inside, with the door firmly closed.

Chen Mobai pulled out his phone and fired off a message to Yuan Xu. Moments later, a flash of silver light appeared, and Yuan Xu materialized before him.

Unlike his earlier somewhat disheveled yet neat appearance, Yuan Xu now looked utterly unkempt, but what truly stunned Chen Mobai was the lush black hair sprouting from the once-bald Yuan Xu's head.

"Greetings, True Monarch!"

Yuan Xu spotted Chen Mobai and automatically offered his respects.

Right then, he caught Chen Mobai's amazed gaze fixed on his head, which jogged his memory of something, leaving him flustered as he lifted a hand to shield it and conceal the change.

"I heard your Divinity Transformation attempt fell short, so I figured I'd drop by to offer some consolation. Let's head inside to chat."

Though puzzled deep down, Chen Mobai kept a composed exterior.

As he spoke, Yuan Xu had already ushered him into the house, a sparse space containing just a mat and a wide table littered with papers scribbled full of notes strewn about the floor.

Chen Mobai scanned them quickly and saw they all detailed calculations for the Divinity Transformation path.

"Forgive my poor hospitality, alas!"

Yuan Xu shaped a dirt chair for Chen Mobai to use and then served a glass of simple water, his expression clouded with concern.

"Where exactly did the failure occur?"

Chen Mobai had to inquire, recalling that of the three pursuing Divinity Transformation, most viewed Yuan Xu as the prime candidate for success.

"To Yuheng True Monarch, I'd never mention it, but with you, I feel I can open up, especially since it's already out in the open..."

Yuan Xu let out a sigh before delving into the reasons behind his Divinity Transformation setback.

He gestured toward his head.

"Just as my Nascent Soul began shifting into the Primordial Spirit, I got yanked into the swirling demonic thoughts deep within the Earth Element Star and witnessed a massive mill grinding endlessly..."

This revelation left Chen Mobai inwardly stunned.

Apocalypse Great Mill!?

Yuan Xu had beheld it too!

And right at that instant, the dense black hair on Yuan Xu's scalp dissolved into strands of mist and faded away, restoring his familiar bald pate.

Witnessing this, Chen Mobai grew even more astounded, certain that Yuan Xu's hair had been genuine seconds earlier but now evaporated—didn't that imply even his Spirit Transformation Stage Divine Sense had been fooled?

"The great mill's one side glowed, morphing into a Mirage Dragon that fused into my Purple Mansion's Sea of Knowledge, granting me a technique called Nascent Mirage Demon. When mastered fully, it allows command over the Illusory Great Dao..."

"Due to this unforeseen twist, my Primordial Spirit transformation stalled, causing the breakthrough to collapse. I couldn't bring myself to tell Yuheng True Monarch; if only Master were around..."

"This hair even sprouted when I experimentally tried the Nascent Mirage Demon technique, blurring illusion with reality..."

Yuan Xu heaved another sigh, reasoning that his close collaborations with Chen Mobai on various endeavors meant they trusted each other deeply, and with this burden gnawing at him, potentially breeding further obsessions, he chose to reveal the full story.

"Illusory Great Dao... Nascent Mirage Demon..."

Upon hearing everything, Chen Mobai muttered under his breath.

Back then, Qian Xing had confided in him that the Illusory Great Dao was precisely the route he'd pursued, only to fall short in the end.

Was Qian Xing's grasp of the Illusory Great Dao also born from the Apocalypse Great Mill?

With that thought, Chen Mobai promptly questioned Yuan Xu about any unique techniques Qian Xing had passed on, wondering if they had pulled Yuan Xu into the Earth Element Star's core demonic thoughts amid his Divinity Transformation.

"Plenty, but I doubt it connects to Master in that way, do you?"

Yuan Xu was convinced Qian Xing wouldn't sabotage him and thus wouldn't impart Demonic Cultivation Techniques.

"It's not about intending harm, but on the Earth Element Star in those circumstances, any path to Divinity Transformation works, be it Righteous or Demonic—it's all valuable..."

Chen Mobai explained, echoing the common mindset in Immortal Gate's higher ranks. After reaching Nascent Soul, nearly everyone dabbled in a Forbidden Technique alongside their main practice, and provided it didn't defy natural order, such a method counted as Righteous Path.

Still, probing further would help prevent a repeat shock when Yuan Xu retried Divinity Transformation.

"Fine, I'll share them, and you can judge!"

Yuan Xu nodded at once, recounting to Chen Mobai every lesson from Qian Xing that tied into the Illusory Great Dao.

"Have you actually cultivated Demonic methods?"

After absorbing the details, Chen Mobai nodded at Yuan Xu's bald scalp. Moments before, he'd used Demonic Cultivation to manifest illusion as fact; clearly, he'd advanced notably along that route.

"As a researcher, my curiosity runs deep, but I've only explored the techniques superficially, without fully committing to them as my cultivation."

Yuan Xu admitted honestly, though since delving in, if Divinity Transformation eluded him by life's end, he'd probably follow Lin Daoming's footsteps into the Demon Path.

Chen Mobai held back further comments, pressing on with questions about the Nascent Mirage Demon technique.

To cultivate it, one employs Divine Sense power to build a false realm within the mind, slowly making it tangible. Upon reaching Harmonization, the false realm solidifies into truth; advancing beyond that would mirror Creation itself!